How to import a SVG file and scale it using latest version of Blender
To scale you need to select the object and press S. Then you can move the mouse to size the object.
Some useful shortcut are:

S, then a number (for example: 3) --&gt; you increase the object * 3 (you can also use non integer number, like 0.5)
S, Z (or X or Y) --&gt; you increase the object only in Z (or X or Y) axis
S, SHIFT+Z (or SHIFT+X, SHIFT+Y) --&gt; you increase the object in all directions but Z